My husband has been recently diagnosed with ALS however, his only symptoms are weakness in the tongue which is causing slurred speech and slight muscle twitch in right arm. He has a severe episode of vertigo and than woke up the next day with slurred speech. Dr put him on some antiviral meds which he showed some improvement. During this time my husband was under extreme stress and said he felt like he was getting sick. We also have a child with Autism which adds to the stress. Dr can not understand why the slurred speech happened over night and not gradual. He has severe TMJ which is causing severe pain in his jaw and makes it hard to chew tiring out his jaw. All of read states that with ALS you have no improvement your health just continues to decline and this is not the case for my husband which is why I think it maybe Lyme.

I've heard many stories how ALS can be misdiagnosed and in reality the person has Lyme. I live in the DFW area and am trying to find a LLMD dr in our area if all possible. Can anyone make a recommendation? What tests are recommended? Anything would help.

Welcome to our site. I do not have a personal recommendation but you are able to look up a doctor that is a member of ILADS in that area. I absolutely hesitate to say that all ALS is lyme but there have been many misdiagnosis in that area and we have had former members that were diagnosed with ALS - that did turn out to be lyme. If you have that instinct...you should absolutely pursue what your gut is telling you. Boy am I glad I did!

http://ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

Hopefully other members on here may have more information for your area. Let me know if you need other suggestions!

Welcome .yes i too was given that bs dx ...i am better with few years of abx and bvt ....I would order a dna connexions test ,no doc needed ..just send urine sample after massage. I verified my infection with direct microscopy at 1000x .others will be along...

Thank you for the information will add myself to the facebook page and see if I get any recommendations. His dr agreed to doing the test just waiting to find out which one she is doing b/c I have read some are not accurate.

/dnaconnexions.com/# lyme and 11 other coinfection dna test ...no doctor needed ...u are in a fight for your hubbys life! read the dr david martz story he was feature in "under our skin" which u may want to watch ...the docs ur seeing may not be on your side ...i had a positive test and a id doc refused me treatment.! and call his clinic at creek trail medical center in colorado springs for treatment guidelines with abx (the nurse he trained runs it )..or stick to dr burrascanos guideline .i and 2 other als persons used bee venom therapy to knock back the borrelia bacteria .

also see this site www.shackel.org/mytheory.html ...he used tinadozole to stop his progression ...i believe als to be nerve damage and demylynation from borrelia and bartonella ....i made real gains with,iv rocephin ,bvt, bartonella treatment, abx and herbal ...if i can be of assistance or guidance pm me over on lymenet flash

Are you /him able to travel in sw for treatment ? some llmd would meet for initial then maybe skype for follow ups...